Performer of a music style known as Canto Nuevo or Nueva Trova, Luis Eduard… Read Full Bio ↴Performer of a music style known as Canto Nuevo or Nueva Trova, Luis Eduardo Aute has been an artist in many different ways. It was in 1954 when Aute moved to Spain, after spending his childhood in the Philippines. Deciding to become an artist, Luis Eduardo Aute's first passion was painting, having his first exhibition in 1960, while living in Madrid. By the mid-'60s, the painter and poet was convinced to start recording his own music and he signed up to RCA in 1966. The following year, Aleluya and Rosas En El Mar were released. Prominent books such as Las Matematicas del Espejo, La Liturgia del Desorden, and Animal were published in recognition to his writing skills. After releasing Alevosía in 1995, Aute started touring all over Latin America and Spain with a painting exhibition called Ad Libidum; he later participated in a collective album called Un Secreto A Voces, based on lyrics by Alejandro Filio.

Esta Noche
Luis Eduardo Aute Lyrics

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Que sepulten
La utopia
Dame clases de poesía
Con tu cuerpo
Esta noche
Que incineren
Los glaciares
Voy a hundirme en los mares

De tu cuerpo
Esta noche
Esta noche
Ante tanta pesadilla
Haz amiga que reencuentre
El sentido de los sueños
En tu vientre
Esta noche
Que se apunten
Sus misiles
Quiero guerras inciviles
Con tu cuerpo
Esta noche
Que construyan su futuro
No levantes ningun muro
En tu cuerpo
Esta noche
Esta noche
Ante tanta pesadilla
Haz amiga que reencuentre
El sentido de los sueños
En tu vientre
Esta noche
Que convergan
Dios y ciencia
Solo admito la violencia
De tu cuerpo
Esta noche
Que se pudran
Tanta mierda
Di que quieres
Que me pierta
Por tu cuerpo
Esta noche
Esta noche
Ante pesadilla
Haz amiga que reencuentre
El sentido de los sueños
En tu viente
Esta noche
Que sepulten la utopia
Dame clases de poesia
Con tu cuerpo

Esta noche
Esta noche

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Luis Eduardo Aute's song Esta Noche speak of the singer's desire to forget about the troubles of the world and instead find solace in the sensual pleasures of their lover's body. The singer appears to be disillusioned with the state of the world and all its problems - from climate change (referenced in the line "que incineren los glaciares") to war ("quiero guerras inciviles") to politics ("que construyan su futuro / no levantes ningún muro"). The only thing that seems to offer any relief from this bleak reality is the physical intimacy that they seek with their lover.

The repetition of the line "esta noche" throughout the song reinforces the idea that the singer is only concerned with the present moment, and finding comfort in the immediacy of their physical connection. The reference to the "sentido de los sueños" (the meaning of dreams) hints at a desire for something more meaningful - but again, this seems to be found primarily in the body of the lover, rather than in some abstract idea of hope or change.

Overall, the lyrics of Esta Noche suggest a sense of hopelessness and frustration with the state of the world, and a need for personal connection and pleasure in order to find any sense of relief or meaning.

Line by Line Meaning

Que sepulten
Let them bury

La utopia
The idea that a perfect society is possible

Dame clases de poesía
Teach me poetry

Con tu cuerpo
With your body

Esta noche
Tonight

Que incineren
Let them burn

Los glaciares
The glaciers

Voy a hundirme en los mares
I'm going to sink in the seas

De tu cuerpo
Of your body

Esta noche
Tonight

Ante tanta pesadilla
In the face of so many nightmares